Overclock.net - Overclocking.net - Blogs - mega_option101 http://www.overclock.net/blogs/mega_option101/ An overclocking forum devoted to maximizing the performance of graphics cards, CPUs, motherboards, RAM and everything else found inside your computer case. en Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:12:56 GMT vBulletin 1 http://static.overclock.net/images/oc/misc/rss.jpg Overclock.net - Overclocking.net - Blogs - mega_option101 http://www.overclock.net/blogs/mega_option101/ Random Thoughts - Love and rules http://www.overclock.net/blogs/mega_option101/1402-random-thoughts-love-rules.html Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:39:20 GMT It has been a long time since I found the time/energy to really put some thoughts down in my blog. As of late, I have been busy dwelling upon this quote: ---Quote--- Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. - Albert Einstein ---End Quote--- I think that it is important... It has been a long time since I found the time/energy to really put some thoughts down in my blog.

As of late, I have been busy dwelling upon this quote:

Quote:
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. - Albert Einstein
I think that it is important to note that the above can have various different meanings/connotations.

What I would like to acheive with this blog is to give you a minute understanding of my thoughts about the significance of it in my eyes.

I think that this explains, how love can be found/had at a distance (not limited to your immediate environment). Whether that person is close to you or not physically, changes absolutely nothing.

In my opinion, love is not something that you can find somewhere else. Love comes from within the self. It's like what they say, "how can you love someone if you do not love yourself."

I think that it is important to notice that you can find love everywhere that you go. Love demands no rules, follows no obligations. You are free to love and to be in love.

I guess this is where my connection of "love demands no rules," comes into play with the quote seeing as even the laws of gravity do not apply.

Please leave your comments below.

I would love to hear what your interpretation(s) of the above quote were.

:) ]]> mega_option101 http://www.overclock.net/blogs/mega_option101/1402-random-thoughts-love-rules.html Thoughts about the self... http://www.overclock.net/blogs/mega_option101/1294-thoughts-about-self.html Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:45:46 GMT It's been a while since the last time I found something interesting that I would like to write about in here. I usually try not to get too personal with my blog entries, but I feel that this time it would be different.

As you all know, I am a man of few words :)

I like to keep myself busy, in thought and in action. However, lately, I have been feeling removed from myself and those around me. Things that I once found to be interesting, simply are not anymore.

I think that deep down, the underlining issue with all of this is my complusive attitude/ bad habit of ignoring things/dealing with things head on. The source of this is most likely caused by the fact that I am afraid of confrontations (conflicts, etc.). This has always been an issue for me, and even today, it still stands.

I believe this (being afraid of confrontations) is caused by my inability to judge my feelings accordingly. This inability also relates to being unable to properly judge others in their actions/intentions. I guess that the best way I could explain this is through an analogy. I will use the analogy that you should not judge a book by it's cover. Of course, I can make the link between a title and the contents of the book. If the book is titled, "Racism", then I can safely assume that it will talk about racism. Similarly with people, if they look like they do not have a lot of money (living on the streets as my example) then I can assume that they are poor. General stereotypes and associations are of no problem as they are usually enstilled at a very young age. However, things that are not so obvious: misery, guilt, depression, perfectionism, complusive liars, abusers, low self-esteem, etc. are another story. The point that I am trying to get across is that even if I was to read the book, I would still not be able to put the pieces together to draw up a judgement. I will be able to come to an opinion or idea of what it might mean, but the essence of uncertainty is what gets me. For some reason, the book and it's cover just draws up a blank.

How can I be sure that my analysis is correct?

What if I am wrong? This is the question that scares me the most. After-all, making a judgement of someone usually influences the way that you treat them. If I do not judge someone, then I treat everyone the same is the basic principle I have been working with for as long as I can remember.

Do not get me wrong, I sometimes get the habitual intuitive sense of what others are up to/looking for. Being raised with the mentality that you should always give people the benefit of the doubt, I struggle in making a connection between intuition and judgement. This struggle is mostly due to logic as I see it.

Unfortunately, I think that I have started to slowly realize that there is no such thing as certainty (based on experience). Even if I am an individual that lives by/for the sciences.

My way of dealing with things was to simply ignore them, thinking that they would just go away. Keeping myself busy was certainly one way of enabling this escape from all the pain/troubles and misery that I felt. Perhaps, this explains why all of a sudden a huge lack of interest presented itself. The means of escape are no longer doing the trick and you resort to something else, or you decide to add more, until you physically cannot do anything and you just crash.

I don't really know where any of this is really going... I guess that I just needed to write this out in order to get it off my chest.

I would really like to write out everything about how this affected my previous relationship with a very special person to me (Lisa); namely, my first real crush, my first real love, my first real relationship/friendship, and most importantly my first real heartbreak/loss. However, I am afriad that I could easily write a novel on the subject at hand.

You can only miss something if you have already lost it. I miss that feeling that I had with her. I took a lot of things for granted, and for that I am truly sorry. There are a lot of things that I wish I could have done differently now that I look back at it. Unfortunately, I cannot do anything about the past and I have to live for the present.

They say that time heals all wounds. But it only depends on what you do with that time ;)

I still have a lot to learn about myself, and about life in general. Perhaps, my methods are not as flawless as I had preceived them to be.

Change is in order! ]]> mega_option101 http://www.overclock.net/blogs/mega_option101/1294-thoughts-about-self.html Outlook http://www.overclock.net/blogs/mega_option101/1036-outlook.html Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:52:09 GMT I have decided to comment more on my previous statement about how we are constantly suffering and will continue to do so until we die.

I will focus this blog mainly on Joe's response:

Quote:
Phew. That's a cynical outlook if I ever saw one.

In all seriousness, though, I don't agree that we exist to suffer. Suffering and pain (the negatives) are inevitable in life, yes, but are they the cause of our existence? If this indeed is the case, then the human species is definitely the most masochistic that has ever existed.

Suffering and pain, as well as their opposites on the scale, and all points in between, are part of what define what life and experience are. No matter how cynical I actually am (and, in truth, I do have a cynical side which colors my outlook towards life), I suppose I will always refuse to admit that the negative side of life is our raison d'être.

Life is miserable enough as it is.
How does one claim that suffering and pain are "inevitable" without posing the question that perhaps suffering and pain are continuously there?

In the moments of no suffering and pain are we just experiencing, "absence" of both suffering and pain? Hence, why we refer to it as the "good" or perhaps even go as far as to call it "pleasure". If it is in fact called the, "good" or "pleasure" then why is it so short-lived?

I do not mean to merely suggest that we are creatures of pain and suffering and that our existence revolves around this fact when I say that we are brought into this world to suffer and will continue to do so until we die. Do not get me wrong here... I think that as humans we are able to focus our attention on the positives of life rather then looking at the negatives.

I think that I will end this blog here and allow it to turn into a discussion :) ]]> mega_option101 http://www.overclock.net/blogs/mega_option101/1036-outlook.html Quote http://www.overclock.net/blogs/mega_option101/1033-quote.html Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:36:24 GMT ---Quote--- The road to life is not wide and straight; it is steep and tricky, and those who only travel on sunny days will never reach their destination. ---End Quote--- - An old buddhist sentiment
Quote:
The road to life is not wide and straight; it is steep and tricky, and those who only travel on sunny days will never reach their destination.
- An old buddhist sentiment ]]> mega_option101 http://www.overclock.net/blogs/mega_option101/1033-quote.html Random Thoughts... http://www.overclock.net/blogs/mega_option101/1028-random-thoughts.html Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:26:31 GMT As some of you might not now the past few weeks for me have been pretty "empty" not in the sense that I am not doing anything productive...

I wish that I could articulate myself as well as some of the bloggers on here, but I think that this is a skill that I lack and that I always will. Words do not flow for me and never have, it takes me a great deal of time to really write anything down that actually makes sense. Perhaps, this is why I am such a slow typer and why I try to always leave hidden messages behind my thoughts/comments.

Maybe this is because it forces me to think before I speak or in this case think before I write. Perhaps, this thinking is inhibiting the fluidity in my expressions. Which raises a very important/relevant question:

Quote:
How does one stop thinking?
]]> mega_option101 http://www.overclock.net/blogs/mega_option101/1028-random-thoughts.html Blogger of the Month (February 09) http://www.overclock.net/blogs/mega_option101/896-blogger-month-february-09.html Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:08:00 GMT Please go vote now :) http://www.overclock.net/overclock-net-related-news-information/454161-overclock-net-s-blogger-month-february.html Poll closes in 7 days! Please go vote now :)

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Poll closes in 7 days! ]]> mega_option101 http://www.overclock.net/blogs/mega_option101/896-blogger-month-february-09.html Philosophical: Science and Uniformity http://www.overclock.net/blogs/mega_option101/860-philosophical-science-uniformity.html Sat, 31 Jan 2009 09:46:16 GMT *Question:* ---Quote--- Is there any reason to believe that laws will hold in the future because they have in the past? ---End Quote--- One probable answer is that past has been a future of some former past, and thus, since the future will also be the past of some other future, then the... Question:

Quote:
Is there any reason to believe that laws will hold in the future because they have in the past?
One probable answer is that past has been a future of some former past, and thus, since the future will also be the past of some other future, then the laws might hold, if they have held in the past.

;)

However, this line for reasoning raises the question of whether or not it is circular since it does not explain the passage from past to futures to future futures, that is, why should we believe that future futures are going to be similar to past futures? ]]> mega_option101 http://www.overclock.net/blogs/mega_option101/860-philosophical-science-uniformity.html Winter Semester Schedule http://www.overclock.net/blogs/mega_option101/788-winter-semester-schedule.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:56:31 GMT Image: http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y219/cYa_SaiLoR/Winter09.png *_Courses:_* * Analytical Chemistry * Introduction to Biochemistry * Genetics * Scientific thought and social values (Philosophy) * Psychology

Courses:
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Introduction to Biochemistry
  • Genetics
  • Scientific thought and social values (Philosophy)
  • Psychology
]]> mega_option101 http://www.overclock.net/blogs/mega_option101/788-winter-semester-schedule.html CHM 2120 Final Exam http://www.overclock.net/blogs/mega_option101/738-chm-2120-final-exam.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:52:45 GMT ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II Need to study the following: - Reasonance Criteria: * All atoms have full octets * Fewest charges * (-) on electronegative atom, (+) on the electropositive atom * Max sepsration of identical charges * Min separation of opposite charges ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II

Need to study the following:

- Reasonance Criteria:
  • All atoms have full octets
  • Fewest charges
  • (-) on electronegative atom, (+) on the electropositive atom
  • Max sepsration of identical charges
  • Min separation of opposite charges
- Acid (proton donor/electron acceptor)
- Base (proton acceptor/electron donor)
- Direction of Equilibrium
- SN2, E2, SN1/E1 Reactions
- Electrophilic Addition to alkenes
- Epoxides
- Nucleophile: donates electrons
- Electrophile: accepts electrons
- Memorize pKa's
- Nonmenclature (functional groups and benzene/common names)
- Aromatic Compounds (What makes a ring aromatic)
- Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution (EAS)
- Memorize the following mechanisms for these reactions:
  • Nitration
  • Sulfonation
  • Halogenation
  • Friedel-Crafts Alkylation
  • Friedel-Crafts Acylation
- Ortho-Para directing groups:
  • Activating Substituents
  • Halides
- Meta directors
- Memorize manipulation of aromatic substituents
- Side chain modifications
- Synthesis
- IR & NMR

Carbonyl Chemistry:

- Oxidation of alcohols
- Strongly Nucleophilic Conditions
- Acetals
- Wittig Reactions (E: trans, Z: cis)
- Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation
- Enols and Enolates
- Equilibrium is catalyzed by acid or base
  • Halogen
  • Alkyl Halide
  • Aldehyde or Ketones (ALDOL)
- ALDOL (Self and Crossed Condensation)
- Esterification
- Fischer Esterification
- Ester hydrolysis (saponification)
- Acid Chlorides
- Andydrides

Looks like I have a lot ahead of me before friday :p ]]> mega_option101 http://www.overclock.net/blogs/mega_option101/738-chm-2120-final-exam.html Random Thoughts http://www.overclock.net/blogs/mega_option101/610-random-thoughts.html Sat, 02 Aug 2008 07:14:06 GMT
Quote:
The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.

- Epicurus
How can the art of living well and the art of dying well be "one"?

Is it merely because of the fact that if you live well then you are bound to die well?

Or does it have anything to do with how Epicurus viewed death?

Allow me to go into more depth about how Epicurus viewed death. He believed that we should not fear death for the following reason:

Death is of no concern to us, for when we exist, death does not. And when it comes, we no longer exist.

Therefore, both life and death exist but only separate from one another. We can only experience life when we exist, and only when we no longer exist can we experience death.

But can we experience when we no longer exist? If we can experience when we exist then the opposite must be true when we do not exist. Is this cycle of coming in and out of existance significant on a larger scale?

Before Birth = Do not Exist
Birth = Exist
Life = Exist
Death = Do not Exist

Do not Exist -> Exist -> Do not Exist

Which could also be interpreted as:

Do not Experience -> Experience -> Do not Experience

Arthur Schopenhauer believes that we go through this cycle everyday of our lives. When we wake up in the morning it's like "Birth" we go through the day "Life", and then we go to sleep "Death". Do we really only exist in that brief period of time?

Is this why living well is one with dying well. If we have a good day then we are going to have a good night because they aren't really separate from one another as we think them to be.

Existance and Non-Existance are then part of a category called "one". They can't exist without one another; therefore, existance and non-existance coexist. ]]> mega_option101 http://www.overclock.net/blogs/mega_option101/610-random-thoughts.html At least 50 cm of Snow!!! http://www.overclock.net/blogs/mega_option101/370-least-50-cm-snow.html Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:36:25 GMT As you all know the big snow storm of the year has gone by leaving at least 50 cm of snow on the ground :eek: Today I went out to snow plow as there was way too much snow to shovel. There were at least 5 cars in my street stuck (acura, vw, land rover :cool:, and some vans here and there). After... As you all know the big snow storm of the year has gone by leaving at least 50 cm of snow on the ground :eek:

Today I went out to snow plow as there was way too much snow to shovel. There were at least 5 cars in my street stuck (acura, vw, land rover :cool:, and some vans here and there). After doing my entrance I decided that I would go and help those stuck in the street with my snow plow. Ended up spending most of my morning helping others get their cars in their drive-ways :)

Tit-for-Tat is the best way to convey what this morning event was all about. I know that if I was stuck in the street I would want some help from others. I think this is a great way of getting the neighborhood out to help one another. One day I will need them and I know that by being there for them they will be there for me.

Now its time to relax ]]> mega_option101 http://www.overclock.net/blogs/mega_option101/370-least-50-cm-snow.html Accepted!!! http://www.overclock.net/blogs/mega_option101/328-accepted.html Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:15:35 GMT I have received my first letter of acceptance into the University of Ottawa :cool: in _second year_ *Honours Bachelor of Science With Specialization in Biochemistry / Co-operative Education* program. Alright!!!! Plus they are giving me a $2,000 scholarship, which is renewable every year if I... I have received my first letter of acceptance into the University of Ottawa :cool: in second year Honours Bachelor of Science With Specialization in Biochemistry / Co-operative Education program.

Alright!!!! Plus they are giving me a $2,000 scholarship, which is renewable every year if I keep my marks +80% :)

Now I just have to accept it. ]]> mega_option101 http://www.overclock.net/blogs/mega_option101/328-accepted.html OCN-Kit http://www.overclock.net/blogs/mega_option101/319-ocn-kit.html Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:42:18 GMT After much thought I decided that I should make a Kit for new members and guests called: Essential Overclocking Software Kit (http://www.overclock.net/downloads/297937-essential-overclocking-software-kit.html) The major idea behind this sort of Kit is to make it (all-in-one) and not too big.... After much thought I decided that I should make a Kit for new members and guests called:

Essential Overclocking Software Kit

The major idea behind this sort of Kit is to make it (all-in-one) and not too big. Part of my goal is to bring the Downloads Section back to life.

Personally I think that the smallest things make the biggest differences. This is just one of the many ideas that I wish to bring to our community.

Be sure to look in the Downloads Section for more new features :) ]]> mega_option101 http://www.overclock.net/blogs/mega_option101/319-ocn-kit.html Stem Cells http://www.overclock.net/blogs/mega_option101/313-stem-cells.html Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:23:19 GMT This one of the areas in which I want to do research in as a career after University. Doing research has been a passion of mine for quite some time now. I am driven by a self-interest of finding knowledge (not to be mistaken for fame). As you know, if you are interested in something then you go out... This one of the areas in which I want to do research in as a career after University. Doing research has been a passion of mine for quite some time now. I am driven by a self-interest of finding knowledge (not to be mistaken for fame). As you know, if you are interested in something then you go out of your way to find out the most that you can about it. This precisely what I have done with the topic of "Stem Cells" and I thought that I should share with you the potential that lies in this field of research. I do not wish to start a "Ethical Debate" on this subject, but my intent is merely to explain to you want I have discovered throughout my readings.

Q: What are Stem Cells?

A: Stem Cells undergo mitotic cell division in order to duplicate themselves. The major importance with these cells is their ability to differentiate into any specific cell that are found in your body.



There are two types of Stem Cells:
  • Embryonic Stem Cells
  • Adult Stem Cells

Brief Definition:

Embryonic Stem Cells: Are found in the inner mass of an early stage (4-5 days) embryo known as the blastocyst. They are able to differentiate themselves into the three primary germ layers (endoderm, ectoderm, mesoderm). This means that they have an extremely vast amount of cells that they can differentiate themselves into. The term attributed to this is called pluripotent.

Adult Stem Cells: Are found in the body after embryonic development. They are undifferentiated cells, meaning that they only serve as one purpose and that is to regenerate all specific kind of cells related to that organ in which they are found. For example, if you cut yourself, adult stem cells in charge of your skin will be regenerating skin cells to repair the wound. This one of the disadvantages of adult stem cells is that they are good at what they do but there functions are very limited (depending on what kind of cells that you need). The term attributed to this is mulitpotent.

The main point of my Introduction to Stem Cells is to show you how this research is the future of medicine.

Quote:
By 2010, over 2 million Americans are projected to contract end-stage renal disease, at an aggregate cost of $1 trillion. In 2001, nearly 80,000 people needed organ transplants, fewer than 24,000 got them, and 6,000 died waiting. Of those receiving organs, 40 percent die within the first three years after surgery.

Cancer kills one out of four of us, more than 1,500 people a day.
Much of the promise behind Stem Cells in that they will be able to replace parts of the body that are worn out by age, injury, or infirmity. Unfortunately, we aren't there yet since the methods of acquiring Stem Cells isn't perfect. Ideally we would want to have a Stem Cell Bank, stored in genetic matches. Thus, when a patient suffers from Heart failure, we would simply inject him with multipotent Stem Cells to grow new cardiac tissue.

There wouldn't be a need for many of the transplants anymore. More patients could be saved this way. Only thing is that research takes time and the "projected" time frame where we will start seeing Stem Cell Therapy is in 2014.

Hopefully this has given you a little more understanding as to some of the research that is happening today in areas, such as Stem Cells. ]]> mega_option101 http://www.overclock.net/blogs/mega_option101/313-stem-cells.html Knot Theory http://www.overclock.net/blogs/mega_option101/312-knot-theory.html Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:15:35 GMT Today in my Calculus III class we had a professor come down from the University of Ottawa to give us a speech on Knot Theory. My first impression was that it sounded a lot like the String Theory heard of in most of my pervious physics classes, but I was proven wrong. Knot Theory is a... Today in my Calculus III class we had a professor come down from the University of Ottawa to give us a speech on Knot Theory. My first impression was that it sounded a lot like the String Theory heard of in most of my pervious physics classes, but I was proven wrong.

Knot Theory is a mathematical branch of topology. If you were to take a piece of string and join the ends (or tips) together you would be forming a knot. A variety of knots can be equivalent to one another using simple transformations that do not involve the string being cut or passing through itself. The most common way to represent knots is by the use of planar diagrams.

You can prove mathematically that if the trefoil knot was to be flipped, it wouldn't represent the same knot, due to the Jones polynomial not be equal to one another. Here is an example of a trefoil knot:



In the past few decades Knot Theory has been used to provide answers as to why certain viruses can "change" the DNA in a nucleus by simply twisting an arc in the DNA. The twist in a certain arc is enough to change the description of that DNA, which would than lead to the change in function of that DNA. This is proven by simply looking at the example of the flipped trefoil that isn't equivalent to that of the upright trefoil. The flip has caused a change in the Jones polynomial leading then to become different from one another.

Here are the three ways you can get more than one knot being equivalent to one another.
  1. Twist and untwist in either direction.
  2. Move one strand completely over another.
  3. Move a strand completely over or under a crossing.

Visual aid:


By trying to understand how viruses affect DNA using Knot Theory we can learn more about how to fix these infections. I haven't even touched on the basics of Knot theory, but I hope this has helped you understand a little more about how viruses can effect your DNA by using the Knot Theory.

To give a better representation of how complicated using the Knot Theory to understand DNA. Think of a basketball as the nucleus of a cell and take 200 km of fishing wire and put it inside the basketball and there you have it an exploded version of a nucleus.

Now try to find which arc the virus has infected to cause the DNA to change its functions. :) ]]> mega_option101 http://www.overclock.net/blogs/mega_option101/312-knot-theory.html 7 constitutional isomers of the cycloalkane with the forumla C6H12 http://www.overclock.net/blogs/mega_option101/154-7-constitutional-isomers-cycloalkane-forumla-c6h12.html Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:06:47 GMT 1) 1,2-dimethylcyclobutane 2) 1,3-dimethylcyclobutane 3) methylcyclopentane 4) 1-ethyl-2-methylcyclopropane 5) isopropylcyclopropane or cycloisopropylpropane 6) cyclohexane 7) 1,2,3-trimethylcyclopropane What do you guys think :gotproof: 1) 1,2-dimethylcyclobutane
2) 1,3-dimethylcyclobutane
3) methylcyclopentane
4) 1-ethyl-2-methylcyclopropane
5) isopropylcyclopropane or cycloisopropylpropane
6) cyclohexane
7) 1,2,3-trimethylcyclopropane

What do you guys think :gotproof: ]]> mega_option101 http://www.overclock.net/blogs/mega_option101/154-7-constitutional-isomers-cycloalkane-forumla-c6h12.html